Scottish Premiership outranks Premier League, Bundesliga and Serie A in table of Europe's most exciting leagues

Scottish Premiership sides are providing more goals-per-game thrills than the English Premier League and a host of other top European competitions.
According to the latest statistics the Scottish top-flight performs well above average for the top 35 leagues across the Continent - coming in sixth overall for goals-per-match and second in effective playing time per goal.
However when it comes to ball retention - the percentage of successful passes per match - Premiership sides trailed in equal WORST with the Czech League.
That's despite the same stats company ranking Celtic as the top passing... read more

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